Show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, announced the finalists in the Technology Excellence Awards, a brand-new awards initiative that recognizes exhibitors’ innovative new technologies never previously shown at a PACK EXPO show.
Twenty-one Technology Excellence Awards finalists in seven categories will behighlighted during PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2018 (Oct. 14–17; McCormick Place, Chicago) with show attendees serving as the ultimate final judge.
“PMMI believes these awards are another way to drive the industry to keep innovating and meet the ever-growing needs of consumer packaged goods companies,” says Laura Thompson, senior director of expositions, PMMI. “We are amazed at the response and quality of submissions that we received for this exciting new program.”
The finalists for the inaugural Technology Excellence Awards are:
BAKING & SNACK
- Automatic Changeover Wizard – Triangle Package Machinery Co. – Booth S-2014
- Chamber Pouches – Sun Centre USA Inc. – Booth S-10650
- Leather Print Packaging for Slim Jim Premium Smoked Sticks – Bemis Co., Inc. – Booth S-3705
BEVERAGE & DAIRY
- LEWA Triplex Homogenizer – LEWA-Nikkiso America, Inc. – Booth E-9217
- Sealed Rotary Drive Mechanism – R.A JONES – Booth S-2501b
- STANDCAP Pouch – Volpak – Booth S-2501
GENERAL PACKAGING
- ACOPOStrak Adaptive Track Technology – B&R Industrial Automation Corp. – Booth N-5625
- Evolabel QuickTamp – Fast and Friendly Logistics Labeling System – Evolabel – Booth E-10507
- OUTDOOR ZONE no-bite Mosquito Repellent Pouches – PPi Technologies Group – Booth S-3819
MEAT/POULTRY/SEAFOOD
- Active Packaging for Vacuum Packed Poultry Meat – Bemis Company Inc. – Booth S-3705
- Contura S400 Leak Detector – INFICON – Booth E-8563
- Mammoth Rollstock Packaging Machine – UltraSource LLC – Booth S-2875
PERSONAL CARE/COSMETICS
- Biopelle Trusts in 10 mm Polyfoil® Single Dose Tube – Neopac The Tube – Booth W-875
- StandOut™ Premade Inverted Pouch – Cheer Pack North America – Booth N-5885
- Vetraco Modular Digital Printing Machines – VPack Technologies Corp. – Booth W-743
PHARMACEUTICALS/MEDICAL DEVICES
- CO2 Snow Jet Cleaning Process – Bausch+Stroebel Machine Company, Inc. – Booth W-651b
- LYO-CHECK – Antares Vision – Booth S-3760
- SP Thermoformer – SP Thermoforming – Booth W-994
PREPARED FOODS
- FTNON CoreTakr – FTNON – Booth E-10540
- Robotic Horizontal & Vertical Pack System – Pearson Packaging Systems – Booth S-3506
- Specright Cloud-Based Software Platform – Specright – Booth E-10814
Finalists were selected by the following Technology Excellence Awards Panelists:
- Stephanie Neil, Editor-In-Chief, OEM Magazine
- Ronald Puvak, Managing Director, Contract Packaging Association
- Matt Reynolds, Editor, Packaging World
- Dr. Bruce Welt, Professor(Packaging Engineering) – Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida
- Carlos Diaz, Associate Professor (Packaging Science) – College of Applied Science & Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Jane Chase, Executive Director, Institute of Packaging Professionals
- Pat Reynolds, VPEditor Emeritus, Packaging World
“With such a great response from exhibitors it was no small task for our panel of top industry professionals to narrow them down to just three finalists in each category. We encourage show attendees to stop by these exhibitors to see these innovations first-hand and cast their vote,” Thompson says.
Voting opens at 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 through noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16 to all PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2018 attendees. Voters will pick their favorites online, on-site at the My Show Planner kiosks and via the show app, with the winner announcement taking place immediately after polls close.
This year’s PACK EXPO International and the co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO will bring together 2,500 exhibitors showcasing their packaging innovations with 50,000 attendees in over 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space. To register or for more information, visit packexpointernational.com or hcpechicago.com.
